Both in Materials Manufacturing

Latham Group vs Quanex Building Products

Over the past year SWIM returned +0.8% and NX returned +45.5%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.48.

SWIM +0.8% NX +45.5%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricSWIMNX
Price$7.31$20.67
Market cap$860.0M$947.2M
Today+0.69%−0.43%
1 month+16.6%+7.7%
6 months+23.1%+3.7%
Year to date+15.1%+34.4%
1 year−0.5%+42.7%
Revenue growth (YoY)+14.4%+1.3%
Gross margin35.5%28.2%
Net margin6.5%5.3%
P/E (TTM)161.5×20.9×
Price / sales1.5×0.5×
Net cash-$236.3M-$601.3M
Dividend yield—1.55%
Volatility (60d)36.3%58.0%
Short % of float7.8%6.4%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).